City Plan Part 1 background studies
Read the studies that have been undertaken to provide background evidence for the City Plan Part 1.
There are a number of studies that have been undertaken to provide background evidence for the Local Development Framework and for the City Plan (previously the Core Strategy).
The following studies have been approved as supporting evidence by the city council:
Housing studies
Urban Fringe Assessment 2014
- Urban Fringe Assessment Main report & Appendices 1-3 (PDF 6MB)
- Appendix 4 Erratum Urban Fringe Site 41 - Land at Wanderdown Road Open Space (PDF, 14.7KB)
- Urban Fringe Assessment Appendix 4 (PDF 20MB)
- A larger version of the Urban Fringe Assessment Appendix 4 maps is available to view or download (PDF 32MB)
Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessments
- Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment September 2014 Update (PDF 15MB)
- Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) 2013 [PDF, 223kb]
- Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) Update 2012 [PDF 2.53mb]
- Draft 2012 Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment Update [PDF 2.5mb]
- 2011 Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment Update [PDF 487kb]
- 2010 Update to the Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment [PDF 1.4mb]
Other housing studies
- EP/054 2011 Census Briefing - Housing [PDF, 429kb]
- EP/058 Joint Evidence Paper - Gypsies & Travellers provision [PDF, 99.3kb]
- EP/059 Costs of building to the Code for Sustainable Homes (Sept 2013) [PDF, 499kb]
- EP/059a Costs of building to the Code for Sustainable Homes – data (Sept 2013) [.XLSX, 74.3kb]
- SP/031a Older People's Housing Strategy January 2010 [PDF, 1.06mb]
- TP/002a Housing Delivery Technical Paper Appendix 2 Schedule of Sites Update (Sept 2013) [249kb,PDF]
- TP/002b Housing Delivery Technical Paper Appendix 2 Urban Fringe Sites Assessment Maps Update (Sept 2013) [37.8mb,PDF]
- Affordable Housing Development Viability Update Study [2008) (PDF 820kb]
- Affordable Housing Development Viability Study (2004) [PDF 2.7mb]
- Affordable Housing Need Assessment 2012 [PDF 681kb]
- Affordable Housing Viability Study Update [PDF 3.24mb]
- Gypsy & Traveller Study (2005) [PDF 376kb]
- Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople Accommodation Needs Assessment November 2014 (PDF, 845 KB)
- Housing Needs Survey (2005)
- Housing Requirements Study June 2011 [PDF 1.2mb]
- Implications of Demographic Change on Demand for Homes in Brighton & Hove [PDF 836kb]
- Local Housing Requirements Update 2012 [PDF 1013kb]
- Modelling of Housing Trajectory Scenario [PDF 826kb]
- Strategic Housing Market Assessment (2008)
- Student Housing and Houses in Multiple Occupation Concentration Assessment [PDF 3.62mb]
- Viability Testing - Strategic Sites (2012) [PDF 11.6mb]
- Duty to Cooperate Executive Summary Final [PDF 81kb]
- Duty To Cooperate Housing Study [PDF 399kb]
- Duty to Cooperate Paper - October 2014 (PDF 550KB)
- Assessment of Housing Development Needs: Sussex Coast Housing Market Area (PDF 162KB)
Retail and leisure studies
Employment studies
- EP/057 2011 Census Briefing - Economy and Employment [PDF, 444kb]
- Creative Workspace Study (2008) [PDF 506kb]
- Employment Land Study Review 2012 [PDF 4.7mb]
- Employment Land Study - Update (2009) [3.7mb]
- Employment Land Study (2006)
Transport studies
- Transport Assessment Update 2014 (PDF 5.6MB)
- Transport Assessment [PDF 10.6mb]
- Transport Assessment (2009) [PDF 3.9mb]
- LRT Transport Study (2007) [PDF 5.3mb]
- EP/055 2011 Census Briefing – Transport [PDF, 402kb]
Flood risk
- Brighton & Hove Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Update [PDF, 8.75mb]
- Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (2008) [PDF 759kb]
- Sequential and Exceptions test (draft) [PDF 134kb]
- Sequential and Exceptions Test (2012) [PDF 616kb]
- Exceptions and Sequential Test Update - flood risk 2014 (PDF 968KB)
Health and environment studies
- Health and Equalities Impact Assessment Addendum Update October 2014 (PDF 935KB)
- Energy Study 2012 [PDF 29mb]
- Hot Food Take-aways near Schools [PDF, 4.48mb]
- Appropriate Assessment (draft) [PDF 171kb]
- Appropriate Assessment (2012) [PDF 677kb]
- Appropriate Assessment Update 2014 (PDF 1.1MB)
- Green Infrastructure Network Study 2009 [1.26mb]
- Open Space Study Update Report, March 2011 [PDF 3mb]
- - Appendix 1 [PDF 54kb]
- Appendix 2 [PDF 1.5kb]
- Appendix 3 [PDF 3mb]
- Appendix 3b [PDF 3mb]
- Appendix 4 [PDF 2.5mb]
- Appendix 5 [PDF 2mb]
- Appendix 6 [PDF 1.79mb] - Open Space, Sport and Recreation Study (2008/2009) [PDF 3.2mb]
- Open Space, Sport and Recreation Study (1 April 2010) ERRATUM [PDF 408kb]
- Public Space, Public Life Study (2008)
- Reducing Inequality Review (2007)
Urban design studies
- London Road & Lewes Road Regeneration Strategy (LR2) (2007) [PDF 13mb]
- Site Capacity Assessments [PDF 8.89mb]
- Tall Buildings Study (2003) [PDF 6mb]
- Urban Characterisation Study (2009)
Other studies
- EP/053 2011 Census Briefing - City Profile [PDF, 397kb]
- EP/056 2011 Census Briefing – Equalities [PDF, 451kb]
- EP/060 Brighton & Hove Local Plan Testing Report FINAL 3Oct13 [727kb, PDF]
- EP/060a Brighton & Hove Local Plan Testing Report Appendices FINAL 3Oct13 [2.53mb,PDF]
- EP/061 Brighton & Hove Combined Policy Viability Study (Sept 2013) (draft) [1.01mb, PDF]
- EP061a Brighton & Hove Combined Policy Viability Study - Appendices (Sept 2013) (draft) [2.64mb, PDF]
- The Combined Viability Study Update - October 2014 (PDF 3.5MB)
- Audit of Community Level Infrastructure (2004) [PDF 168kb]
- Infrastructure Capacity Assessment (2006)
- Strategic Assessment of Crime and Disorder (2007) [PDF 277kb]